With scott pelley. Pelley today president obama said his Supreme Court nominee would head to capitol hill for meetings tomorrow, but hours later Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell phoned nominee Merrick Garland to say, dont bother coming. I wont meet with you and the senate wont act on your nomination. The president named garland, a liberal to, replace the late conservative justice antonin scalia. Garland is chief judge on whats considered to be the second most powerful court in the land, the washington, d. C. , Circuit Court of appeals. He was appointed by president clinton. Garland is 63, chicagoborn, harvard law. Heres chief Legal Correspondent jan crawford. Today i am not indicating chief judge Merrick Brian Garland to join the Supreme Court. [applause] reporter his experience as a federal appellate judge is deep. His credentials unquestioned. Temperament. To find someone who just about everyone not only respects but genuinely likes, that is rare. Reporter garland seemed a lo
And norma at 90 having the time of her life. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today president obama said his Supreme Court nominee would head to capitol hill for meetings tomorrow, but hours later Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell phoned nominee Merrick Garland to say, dont bother coming. I wont meet with you and the senate wont act on your nomination. The president named garland, a liberal to, replace the late conservative justice antonin scalia. Garland is chief judge on whats considered to be the second most powerful court in the land, the washington, d. C. , Circuit Court of appeals. He was appointed by president clinton. Garland is 63, chicagoborn, harvard law. Heres chief Legal Correspondent jan crawford. Today i am not indicating chief judge Merrick Brian Garland to join the Supreme Court. Reporter his experience as a federal appellate judge is deep. His credentials unquestioned. But the president today said what sets garl
Hours later Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell phoned nominee Merrick Garland to say, dont bother coming. I wont meet with you and the senate wont act on your nomination. The president named garland, a liberal to, replace the late conservative justice antonin scalia. Garland is chief judge on whats considered to be the second most powerful court in the land, the washington, d. C. , Circuit Court of appeals. He was appointed by president clinton. Garland is 63, chicagoborn, harvard law. Heres chief Legal Correspondent jan crawford. Today i am not indicating chief judge Merrick Brian Garland to join the Supreme Court. [applause] reporter his experience as a federal appellate judge is deep. His credentials unquestioned. But the president today said what sets garland apart is his temperament. To find someone who just about everyone not only but genuinely likes, that is rare. Reporter garland seemed a long shot, the oldest nominee in modern history, hes been on the short list for prev
Video showing chism following Colleen Ritzer into the bathroom where she was brutally murdered with a box cutter he brought to school. But mcdougal went even further, arguing, Colleen Ritzer could still have been alive when chism loaded her body into a recycling bin and resumed the attack in the woods, violating her body with a tree branch. There is overwhelming evidence in this case, i dont understand any reasonable doubt that Phillip Chism was not suffering from a mental disease or defect. The reporter i want to show you now live image of the verdict slip that the jury is taking with it into deliberations. This is just for the first charge. First degree murder. You can see that the jury can find him not guilty, they can find him guilty of the offense charged, which is first degree murder, they can also down here find him guilty of Second Degree murder, if they dont want to go murder one, but down here, check this out, they can find him not guilty by reason of lack of that is the insa
There this morning. There might even be a patch or two of drizzle but thats the extent of it. Snow is flying to our north up across far northern maine right now. The storm center well to the west here. Its going to spin up a lot of warm air out ahead of it. You can see the temperatures to our south and west, near 60 degrees, even 70 right now down in knoxville, tennessee. Thats the warmth that is surging in our direction so despite the clouds, temperatures come out of the 40s into the 50s once again this afternoon. 51 degrees by noontime. Looking for highs today in the mid 50s. Warmest here in southeastern massachusetts. A little bit cooler in Southern New Hampshire but the temperatures climb slowly throughout the day. Other than a patch or two of drizzle, just cloud cover through the evening commute. Looks like the rain comes in thereafter. It will rain hard for a time tonight. Lets talk about how much rain to expect coming up. Right now well get you out to the roads. In for Olessa St